Manuela Lavinas reports for The New York Times: Ms. Lavinas Picq is a specialist in indigenous politics and Latin America. President Evo Morales must issue a national disaster declaration to control the fires and avoid further loss of life. Fires have been ravaging the Bolivian lowlands for over a month. Nearly ten million acres have already burned,…
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FAN: fires in Bolivia burned down 4.1 million hectares
AFP reports for Los Tiempos: Aerial view of smoke coming out of a fire near Charagua in Bolivia, on the border with Paraguay, which was recorded in August. | File photo | AFP The uncontrollable fires in Bolivia since August devastated 4.1 million hectares of forest and grassland, the private NGO Friends of Nature Foundation…
evo to face lawsuit for biocide and ethnocide!
El Diario reports: Concerns of representatives MAS extractivist policy threatens indigenous people and ecosystems Indigenous people raise responsibility lawsuits against Evo Morales and his collaborators for biocide and ethnocide, they do not rule out going to international instances to denounce those abuses The extension of the agricultural frontier, the exploration of hydrocarbons and minerals in…
They emit orange alert in 4 departments due to lower temperatures and strong winds
El Deber reports: SENAMHI The Senamhi issued an orange alert in Santa Cruz, Beni, Tarija and Chuquisaca. The entrance of a cold front is expected this Wednesday. The winds will reach speeds of up to 90 kilometers per hour They issue orange alert in 4 departments due to lower temperatures and strong winds | Photo:…
Tarija chooses saice as her flag dish
Los Tiempos reports: Tarija’s department chose saice as its flagship dish, and presented it today [7/28/2019] at a gastronomic and artistic fair in that city. “We greet and congratulate Tarija for the election of her flag dish, it was a joint effort that lasted approximately four months between the government, the municipal government of Tarija,…
Bolivian History 101: 202 years of Battle of La Tablada -TARIJA
El Diario reports: The beautiful Tarija remembers today 202 years of The Battle of the Tablada. When commemorating the 202 years of the Battle of La Tablada, Tarija shows a negative performance, which is reflected in its main indicators, despite the statements of national authorities about the resources received by the region. On April 15,…
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